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Definition of halitosis in English: halitosisnoun ˌhalɪˈtəʊsɪsˌhæləˈtoʊsəs technical term for bad breath Example sentencesExamples - Don't be too concerned if you haven't been invited, probably just means my nearest and dearest can't stand you or your rancid halitosis.
- The bacteria that occur naturally in your mouth react with the oil in the garlic, causing the halitosis or ‘garlic breath’ reaction.
- Although not mentioned in the report, it's suspected that the drug causes 100 percent of the halitosis in Turkmenistan.
- I have to admit he didn't find the halitosis easy to live with.
- As I felt unprepared for an even closer look at him, and even less inclined to take in the halitosis and BO that no doubt accompanied his cosmetic unpleasantness, I strenuously endeavoured to decline his invitation.
Derivatives adjective However, the eradication double therapy that eliminated the H. pylori may also have eliminated other, established halitotic bacteria. Example sentencesExamples - I'll add this to my older people's services rant and blast them in a halitotic gust of rage.
- But if you want to breakfast on it just make sure you stay out of the halitotic radius.
- I'll leave the work of civilizing this horror-soaked generation of hellraisers to the halitotic hard-cases who can handle it.
- Don't these people know that such diets can make you cranky, halitotic, flatulent and five times more likely to be audited by the IRS?
Origin Late 19th century: from Latin halitus 'breath' + -osis. Rhymes apotheosis, chlorosis, cirrhosis, diagnosis, hypnosis, kenosis, meiosis, metempsychosis, misdiagnosis, mononucleosis, myxomatosis, necrosis, neurosis, osmosis, osteoporosis, prognosis, psittacosis, psychosis, sclerosis, symbiosis, thrombosis, toxoplasmosis, trichinosis, tuberculosis Definition of halitosis in US English: halitosisnounˌhæləˈtoʊsəsˌhaləˈtōsəs technical term for bad breath Example sentencesExamples - Although not mentioned in the report, it's suspected that the drug causes 100 percent of the halitosis in Turkmenistan.
- Don't be too concerned if you haven't been invited, probably just means my nearest and dearest can't stand you or your rancid halitosis.
- I have to admit he didn't find the halitosis easy to live with.
- As I felt unprepared for an even closer look at him, and even less inclined to take in the halitosis and BO that no doubt accompanied his cosmetic unpleasantness, I strenuously endeavoured to decline his invitation.
- The bacteria that occur naturally in your mouth react with the oil in the garlic, causing the halitosis or ‘garlic breath’ reaction.
Origin Late 19th century: from Latin halitus ‘breath’ + -osis. |